Data Sufficiency Questions

for CAT
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Instructions:

Directions for the following four questions:

Each question is followed by two statements, A and B. Answer

each question using the following instructions:

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Question 1:

In a particular school, sixty students were athletes. Ten among

them were also among the top academic performers. How
many top academic performers were in the school?

A. Sixty per cent of the top academic performers were not

athletes.

B. All the top academic performers were not necessarily

athletes.

a) The question can be answered by using the statement A

alone but not by using the statement B alone.

b) The question can be answered by using the statement B

alone but not by using the statement A alone.

c) The question can be answered by using either of the

statements alone

d) The question can be answered by using both the statements

together but not by either of the statements alone.

e)The question cannot be answered on the basis of the two

statements.

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Question 2:

Five students Atul, Bala, Chetan, Dev and Ernesto were the
only ones who participated in a quiz contest. They were ranked
based on their scores in the contest. Dev got a higher rank as
compared to Ernesto, while Bala got a higher rank as compared
to Chetan. Chetans rank was lower than the median. Who
among the five got the highest rank?

A. Atul was the last rank holder.

B. Bala was not among the top two rank holders.

a) The question can be answered by using the statement A

alone but not by using the statement B alone.

b) The question can be answered by using the statement B

alone but not by using the statement A alone.

c) The question can be answered by using either of the

statements alone.

d) The question can be answered by using both the statements

together but not by either of the statements alone.

e)The question cannot be answered on the basis of the two

statements.

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Question 3:

Thirty per cent of the employees of a call centre are males. Ten
per cent of the female employees have an engineering
background. What is the percentage of male employees with
engineering background?

A. Twenty five per cent of the employees have engineering

background.

B. Number of male employees having an engineering

background is 20% more than the number of female employees
having an engineering background

a) The question can be answered by using the statement A

alone but not by using the statement B alone.

b) The question can be answered by using the statement B

alone but not by using the statement A alone.

c) The question can be answered by using either of the

statements alone.

d) The question can be answered by using both the statements

together but not by either of the statements alone.

e)The question cannot be answered on the basis of the two

statements.

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Question 4:

In a football match, at the half-time, Mahindra and Mahindra

Club was trailing by three goals. Did it win the match?

A. In the second-half Mahindra and Mahindra Club scored four

goals.

B. The opponent scored four goals in the match.

a) The question can be answered by using the statement A

alone but not by using the statement B alone.

b) The question can be answered by using the statement B

alone but not by using the statement A alone.

c) The question can be answered by using either of the

statements alone.

d) The question can be answered by using both the statements

together but not by either of the statements alone.

e)The question cannot be answered on the basis of the two

statements.

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Solutions:

1) Answer (A)

No. of athletes which are top academic performers: 10

According to statement a) Sixty per cent of the top academic
performers were not athletes so 40% of top academic
performers are athletes which we know is 10. So total no. of
top academic performers are 25.
Hence statement a is alone to answer the question.
while we cant deduce anything from statement b .

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2) Answer (D)

From the information given in the question, D has a better

rank than E and B has a better rank than C. Also, C = 4 or 5.
From statement A, A = 5 => C = 4. But we do not know if D or
B is number 1.
From statement B, B = 3 or 4. Again, we cannot determine
the number 1 rank precisely.
By using both the statements together, we know C = 4, A = 5,
B = 3 and D has a better rank than E.
So, D = 1 and E = 2. Therefore, the question can be
answered by using both the statements together.
Hence, option D.

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3) Answer (C)

Let the total number of employees be 100k.

Number of males = 30k. Number of females = 70k.
Number of female engineers = 7k.
From statement A, number of male engineers = 25k - 7k =
18k.
From statement B, number of male engineers = (6/5)*7k.
Therefore, percentage of male engineers can be calculated.
So, the question can be answered by either statement alone.

4) Answer (E)

From statement A, we know that the club scored four goals in

the second half but we do not know the number of goals
scored by the opposition. So, we cannot answer the question.
From statement B, we know that the opposition scored 4
goals in the match but we do not know the number of goals
scored by Mahindra and Mahindra club. So, we cannot
answer the question.
Using both the statements, we know that the opposition
scored 4 goals in the match and Mahindra and Mahindra
scored 4 goals in the second half. But, we do not know if the
score was 3-0 or 4-1 at the end of first half. If it was 4-1, then
Mahindra and Mahindra would win the match after the
second half. But if the score was 3-0 at the end of first half,
the match would end in a draw after the second half.
Therefore, the question cannot be answered even by using
both the statements together.

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